I was having some problems with AMD Radeon Adrenalin settings on my Asus TUF Gaming A16 laptop and decided to roll back the GPU drivers. But before doing that, I needed to use Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) in safe mode to remove the current software. […]
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I ride around Buenos Aires on my motorcycle almost every day as a courier, but remembering where I’ve been over time can be a chore. It’s even more difficult to pinpoint where you were on a specific day, say last year or even five years
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Shiny Thing Syndrome (STS) is a hard condition to shake, and I’ve been collecting computer hardware since the early ’90s. Some I’ve kept and some I’ve regrettably sold. Not all my vintage hardware is in continuous daily use, except for one. Compace Rally PC Case
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As well as numerous free programs I add to Windows, I also have several paid programs that are essential for both work and play. Most are programs, but some are subscription services. RoboForm Password Manager There are so many passwords to deal with today that
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Motivated by fellow author Jim Hillier’s 2022 article Edifier R1700BT Bluetooth Speakers Review, and also his penchant for Bluetooth devices, I was nudged to remind myself how many Bluetooth gadgets we have in our house. It turns out to be a staggering amount, mainly audio
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Back in May 2024, in You Don’t Own Your Video Games! I wrote that The Crew would no longer be playable because Ubisoft was shutting down its servers for the game on 31 March 2024. This was quite a scandalous move by Ubisoft because the
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On the whole, I have few complaints about Windows 11, but there’s always room for improvement. On a fresh install of the system, I always add several free (and some paid) programs where Windows is lacking. I’m writing this because I had to carry out
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I’ve had my Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra for five years now, and surprisingly, I’ve never reset it. Before this, I had at least three Galaxy phones and would reset them once a year, mainly to clear out all the garbage that accumulates over time.
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Many of you will know that Windows 11 has some questionable requirements, most notably the insistence on logging in with a Microsoft account at the initial install setup. As a result, numerous workarounds have appeared, many of them on YouTube. However, at least three YouTubers
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Gaming is an expensive hobby, not only for the price of games but also rising costs of hardware. We are all aware of Microsoft’s questionable stance on Windows 11 requirements, and the same is happening in AAA games. For example, DOOM: The Dark Ages and
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Last week, a customer brought a four-year-old Sony Vaio VJFE54F11UAR model laptop to me that wouldn’t boot to Windows and instead went directly to the BIOS. Upon further investigation, it was found that no NVMe drive was installed. I then booted from a WinPE rescue
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Being a gamer with several rigs boasting powerful CPUs, I have two machines equipped with water cooling and from my point of view, AIO (all-in-one) water cooling kits really do the job. So I was very surprised when one came into my workshop, which appeared
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The other morning, as I was enjoying my usual cup of tea, my wife told me that her PC wouldn’t switch on. At first, I thought it was the PSU (power supply), and I even tried numerous power cables because sometimes even these can fail.
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I’ve been fixing PCs for more than 20 years, from Windows XP to Windows 11, and I can barely remember when Recovery Mode has actually recovered anything. In fact, it’s worse now than it ever was and even more difficult to invoke. Remember when you
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